Improvement in air-carbureters



CT. REZNOR. Air-Carbureter.

No. 209,076. Patented'Oct. 15, 1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT onirica'.

HIS RIGHT TO RICHARD R. WIGHT.

IMPROVEMENT IN AIR-CARBURETERS.

Spenieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 209,076, dated October15, 1878 application filed August 23, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE REzNoR, of Mercer, in the county of Mercer,and in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Air-Carbureters; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawin gs, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of carbureters in which air iscarbureted without the aid of artificial heat.

It is a well-established fact that in setting` or burying the generatorsin the ground two very important steps toward perfection have beenattained-first, absolute safety from danger arising from leakage, and,second, the most uniform temperature possible without the aid ofartificial heat.

The nature of my invention consists in coinbining in an air-carbureter apan having division-walls with wicking placed over them, a top withdivision-walls having sponge-filling, service and filling pipes, andvent, all as hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruct-ion and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, inwhich- Figure lis a transverse section of my improved carbureter. Fig. 2is a bottom View of the top, and Fig. 3 a plan view of the bottomthereof.

The carbureter is a Hat pan, A B, or tray made of any suitable materialand of any desired dimensions. It consists of two partsa top, B, andbottom A. The bottom or pan A is divided into two chambers by means ofdividing-walls C C, which are about two inches less in height than theheight of the pan. The top B has an air-passage formed by susy pendedwalls D, that extend down to within about one-quarter of an inch fromthe bottom of the pan A, so as to allow fluid to pass under them. p

The space between the walls D is filled with sponge E, and cottonwicking F is placed on the walls C of the bottom A. The top B is thenplaced and soldered on or otherwise packed and made air-tight beforesetting.

The space outside of the wall C in the pan forms the store-chamber forthe carburetingiiuid, while the space inside of the walls D, filled withsponge, forms the evaporating chamber. G and G are the service-pipes,and H is the filling-pipe.

t is a small vent-tube and filling-gage. b is a vent between theevaporating and store chambers.

The carbureter is lled through the pipe H, which extends to the top ofthe ground, until the venttube et indicates the fluid-line to be at m,which line should be about one-quarter of an inch above the walls O C,thus iillin g both the store and evaporating chambers to that level.Then air is introduced through the service-pipe G by any suitable means,and, passing through the sponge E in the direction indicated by thearrows, passes out at G. No air is allowed to pass into thestore-chamber until after having passed through the carbureting orevaporating chamber, at the top of which is the small vent b, admittingenough gas or charged air to equalize the pressure in both chambers,keeping the fluid-line at the same level in both chambers withoutaffecting the gravity of the fluid in the store-chamber.

When the carbureter is. in operation, the Huid between the walls D D iscarried oif-by the air, the Huid-line at this point being lowered, andthen fresh iluid begins to iow over the walls C by capillary attraction,keeping the huid-line on the same level in both chambers until all isconsumed. The cotton-wicking F acts by capillary attraction or force toconvey fresh Huid into the carbureting-chamber constantly when inoperation, and stopping instantly when the uid reaches the same level inboth chambers, or when not in use. By this construction I obtain anabsolute feed, never requiring the attention of the operator, and neverfailing to act at the proper time. It cannot get out of order, and worksequally well whether set in the ground or in an open vault, so far asfeeding is concerned. When set in the ground it takes the greatestpossi- N E-HALF ble adv'antege of the uniform temperature of Gr G',filling-pipe the earth, both Winter and summer, and is absolutely safe.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In an air-carbureter, the combination of the pan A, with division-WallsC, having wicking F placed over them, the top B, with division- Walls Dund sponge filling E, the service-pipes II, und vents (o b, al1suhsta'ntiully as and for the ,purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this3d day of August, 1878.

GEORGE REZNOR.

Witnesses:

J. J. MCGARTHY, H. H. ZEIGLER.

